Katy Steinmetz

Katy Steinmetz is a TIME reporter based in San Francisco. In addition to working on features for TIME and TIME.com, she contributes to TIME's Swampland, Healthland and NewsFeed blogs. She pens a weekly column on language called Wednesday Words and acts as impresario for political columnist Joe Klein's annual road trips.

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Marine Life

Falling Stars: Starfish Dying From “Disintegrating” Disease

By Katy Steinmetz / San Francisco Nov. 05, 2013

Populations have been decimated in recent months, and scientists are racing to find out why

Carbon Policy

West Coast Leaders Sign Climate Change Pact, Bypassing D.C.

By Katy Steinmetz / San Francisco Oct. 29, 2013

Governors promise action and vow to keep pursuing an environmental issue that is going nowhere in Washington.